I do think a rolled up magazine to the groin would probably be effective. Not sure about the hits to the head and face. [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mc-p22QPA3k"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mc-p22QPA3k[/ame]
A rolled up newspaper...common among football hooligans in the late 60s and known as the Millwall Brick. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millwall_brick Edit: Hilarious video though.
It used to be called a Chelsea brick where I came from, used to be epidemic in fights at my old school.. you needed a black belt in origami just to survive until sixth form
Hah - Brilliant. Yeah, I thought it was a Chelsea brick. But "rolled up newspaper weapon" in google gave me the Millwall brick. We just threw stones at each other in Stoke. But you know, newspapers are hard to come by there, something to do with eliteracy rayts.
Same in Feltham (my old home town), was mostly people's coursework/papers, well they were not using them for anything else, say like learning.... It only calmed down for my year at sixth form as all the idiots dropped out at the end of their compulsory education. ... They can be seen normally outside the local post office waiting for their benefits on a Thursday cunningly right next to the local Wetherspoons... Glad I moved TBH.
If it's good enough for Jason Bourne, it's good enough for me... :-D [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyZU7lfGjyk"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyZU7lfGjyk[/ame] (Magazine comes in to play at the 55 second mark...) Regards, Travess
A newspaper would be a bit crap I think, but anything with a spine (like a magazine) would be quite good as a makeshift weapon for jabbing/defence (roll up a copy of any gloss mag and try cut/stab through it with a knife). Obviously not a very decent weapon, but useful enough in an emergency if you need to maintain a bit of distance/fend of an attack from a small blade. Edit: Obviously the 'swiping' from the mag in the video is going to do absolutely nothing - but it would be quite a painful jab in the eye/neck (under ear), or as someone mentioned, the groin. Bit silly to be whacking somebody like a naughty dog with it sideways though.
If you doubt how effective a news paper could be roll one up into a fight stick and fold it in half length ways. You should find it rather hard and reasonably useable as an improvised weapon. Not the best example but gives you an idea [ame]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lzpYtisLv8o[/ame] As mentioned in the thread above this was used by football hooligans with some success for many years.
Thanks for the vid - I had not seen a newspaper used like that before (well apart from toilet emergencies ) I can see it would be useful if you was desperate (as you would be if you needed a magazine as well lol), but I still think a magazine with a spine holds the edge (particularly for 'jabbing'). I could see a newspaper being quite good as a makeshift 'knife catcher' 'blocker' but not so good for a poke in the eye or groin. If I was ever in such a situation that called for the use of either, I would probably just scream and run away
Screaming and running away is probably wise if you have nothing but paper based products to protect against a knife. For self defense purposes it's very well respected technique lol
They'll easily destroy an aggressive box trying to pick a fight with you though! [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=pG9BUez2nqQ"]How to make a paper baton (weapon) surviveruk - YouTube[/ame]
If he made it that slow in an emergency I think his head would be rolling around on the floor Shame people (and naughty dogs) don't explode from newspapers though!
